Jeff (Edward Furlong) is a teenage boy who has just lost his mother Renee (Darlanne Fluegel); he and his veterinarian father Chase (Anthony Edwards) relocate to Renee’s hometown of Ludlow, Maine (home also of the unfortunate Creed family from the original film). Once there, Jeff and his friend Drew (Jason McGuire) experiment with the unholyContinue reading “Mary Lambert’s ‘Pet Sematary Two’: Dead Continues to Be Bettah”
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Wes Craven’s ‘The People Under the Stairs’: Campy with a Twist of Somberness
Fool (Brandon Quintin Adams) is a 13-year-old boy with major problems. His mom needs an operation, and because his family is three days late on the rent for their inner city apartment, they’re getting evicted. His sister’s friend Leroy (Ving Rhames) offers him a chance to make some money: break into the house of hisContinue reading “Wes Craven’s ‘The People Under the Stairs’: Campy with a Twist of Somberness”
‘Of Unknown Origin’: Robocop Fights Unkillable Rat–and it’s Delightful!
Bart (Peter Weller) is an average businessman. When his wife Meg (Shannon Tweed) and their son (Leif Anderson) go on a trip to visit relatives, he’s left alone—until a rat shows up. He tries multiple methods to get rid of it, but since the animal is some kind of evil rat genius, poison, traps, andContinue reading “‘Of Unknown Origin’: Robocop Fights Unkillable Rat–and it’s Delightful!”
Robert Englund’s ‘976-EVIL’: A Kinda Creepy ’80s movie with Just the Right Amount of Cheese
Directed by Robert Englund. Hoax (Stephen Geoffreys) is a nerdy teen whose obsessively religious mother (Sandy Dennis) babies him. His rebellious (but protective) cousin Spike (Patrick O’Bryan) discovers a hotline that delivers a “horrorscope”—couplets that generally urge people to do bad things, such as when Spike is told to steal a pair of gloves heContinue reading “Robert Englund’s ‘976-EVIL’: A Kinda Creepy ’80s movie with Just the Right Amount of Cheese”
‘The Bat’: Dreamboat Vincent Price and Badass Women–Supermurgitroid!
Cornelia (Agnes Moorehead) is a mystery writer living with her maid Lizzie (Lenita Lane). The two are menaced by what appears to be the killer known as The Bat. Unbeknownst to Cornelia there is a large sum of money hidden in her house, and the killer is now coming after it. The aspect of theContinue reading “‘The Bat’: Dreamboat Vincent Price and Badass Women–Supermurgitroid!”
Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’: A Bloody Fairy Tale
Written and directed by Clive Barker, adapted from his story. Boone (Craig Sheffer) is a seemingly nice guy who during a therapy session with his psychiatrist Dr. Decker (David Cronenberg) finds out that while under hypnosis he confessed to killing fifteen people. Boone flees to the mythical town of Midian, where the monsters live andContinue reading “Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’: A Bloody Fairy Tale”
‘Night Train to Terror’: Without Hyperbole, One of the Worst Movies I’ve Ever Seen
God (Ferdy Mayne) and Satan (Tony Giorgio) are on a train, debating over the souls of three people: Harry (John Phillip Law), who winds up in a mental hospital where the doctors use him in their plot to harvest and sell body parts; Gretta (Marideth Haze), a struggling musician who makes pornographic movies for YoungmeyerContinue reading “‘Night Train to Terror’: Without Hyperbole, One of the Worst Movies I’ve Ever Seen”
‘Night of the Living Dead’ 1990: Do it for Barbara! And Tony Todd!
Remake of George A. Romero’s 1968 film, this time in color with a contemporary twist or two. Makeup man Tom Savini takes the director’s seat, with Romero writing the screenplay. It keeps the same basic plot and characters: a band of humans with higher than average survival skills board themselves up in a farmhouse (unfortunatelyContinue reading “‘Night of the Living Dead’ 1990: Do it for Barbara! And Tony Todd!”
‘Motel Hell’: Wacky and Fun
Down at the Motel Hello (the o being burned out, hence the title), Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) and his sister Ida (Nancy Parsons) make sausage. They also kidnap travelers, plant them in the ground, and later grind them up for said sausage. After all, “It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters.”Continue reading “‘Motel Hell’: Wacky and Fun”
1987’s ‘The Monster Squad’ Withstands the Test of Time
In the late 1800s, Van Helsing and pals try to kill all of Universal Studio’s lineup: Dracula (Duncan Regehr), Frankenstein’s monster (Tom Noonan), the Mummy (Michael Reid MacKay), the Wolfman (Carl Thibault), and Gillman (the Creature from the Black Lagoon) (Tom Woodruff Jr.). “They blew it.” So 100 years later, the task is left toContinue reading “1987’s ‘The Monster Squad’ Withstands the Test of Time”
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